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Evil Review: Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies

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Oh Counter-Strike, what can I say about this kick ass game series? It is the first tactical shooter I have ever played, I’ve played each Counter-Strike entry and loved each one. Now what we have here is Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies. CSNZ is a new free to play Counter-Strike game on Steam which is pretty much a zombie version of Counter-Strike Online, which is also a free to play Counter-Strike made by the same team.

Counter-Strike zombies was first released on September 23 as a beta and lets just say the beta was a complete failure. The game’s servers would not let people log in and the hack shield program that comes with the game was keeping people from playing, which this issue was happening to me. The developers saw this issue and later patched it, which is good I praise them for responding to my complaint as quick as they did. After the beta the game was finally released on October 7 to mixed reviews, mostly negative. Now are these negative reviews accurate of the game? Some are but most negative reviews are from people who barely touched the game and hate on it for the simple fact that it had a bad beta. So now I will go on and talk about this game and what I personally think.

The game’s requirements are great, anyone can play this game on any computer, which of course is common because pretty much all Counter-Strike games don’t require much so the download of the game and requirements won’t be much. When you load the game you’ll noticed that the menu is locked at a certain resolution and you cannot change it. You can however change it to widescreen in the options but this only takes effect if you are in a server playing. Hopefully they will patch this later on. When you search for a game you are met with four different game modes; Zombie Hero, Zombie Scenario, Zombie Escape, and Zombie Shelter. Each mode has different variations and even includes basic Counter-Strike game modes like hostage rescue, bomb defusing etc. As for right now I cannot recommend the zombie pvp game modes like zombie hero. It can be completely one sided and what I mean by this is if you are on the zombies team then good luck on winning because for humans, their team can just buy a machine gun, a bunch of ammo and just hold off in a corner. Reason for this is because if you are a zombie and you get shot at, you are immediately stopped in your tracks. So say if the humans are all using machine guns then you will not be going any where and lose. So for right now I would stay away from the pvp modes and move on to the pve modes which are more fun, like Zombie scenario which is my personal favorite. In zombie scenario you are grouped with a team of humans and you must fight through waves of zombies to reach different locations and eventually the boss. This game mode gets very chaotic and very fun, especially if your playing with friends.

Each game mode rewards players with points and loot crates which all can be used to craft weapons, ammo, or special items and even purchase weapons in the store. Now most people who can complain about this game always bring up a ”pay-to-win” excuse for saying the game is bad, which this isn’t true. After hours of playing I have noticed that the game does not try to force you to pay real money for things. In the store there are weapon packs you can buy for $1.99 each, but why is this an issue? You have all these game modes that offer both pvp and pve, so I don’t see the reason in the ”pay-to-win” argument. Not to mention this is again a free-to-play game, so the developers have to make money off it some how correct? Now for performance wise, the game has a few problems. So far I haven’t noticed any crashes or anything but I have noticed small glitches like invisible zombies attacking you out of no where, and some minor lag during games but nothing big.

Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies is a unique game and I had fun playing it so my rating for it has to be a middle 6/10. It’s a quite decent and very fun free to play game which I think is worth checking out. So you are on Steam and your bored or broke then go ahead and give it a try.

Evil Review: F.E.A.R. 3: A late review

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I know I am 3 years late on doing this but I finally finished the F.E.A.R. series and would love to give my opinion on the 3rd installment. What can I say about F.E.A.R. that has already been said? Well its one hell of a unique game series, very interesting story and gameplay mechanics. Its one of the only games that does a good job balancing action and horror. I fell in love with the first two games the first one being my favorite, but I never got a chance to play the third game until recently.

F.E.A.R. 3 takes place directly after the 2nd game and you reprise the role of point man again (main character of fear 1). I’m very happy you play as point man again in the 3rd game, he is just too badass. There is also a 2nd protagonist you play as for co-op mode but to avoid spoilers I won’t talk much about him. Gameplay has changed since the first two games; they removed the badass cover system that you could perform in F.E.A.R. 2 like for example you could run up to a table and flip it over and use it as cover. They removed this feature in F.E.A.R. 3 which was a bummer, but added a different cover system which all you do is hide behind an object and quickly swap between different obstacles which is pretty cool. You no longer have to use medkits, you can now regenerate health which takes away some difficulty. Gameplay is more fast paced unlike others, there is little to no silent, walking segments like we’ve seen in the first two games. Each part of every level is full of fast pace action and it gets very repetitive.

The mystery of the story is no longer there. Everything about the campaign seemed too predictable, and not much of a mystery or being left in the dark like the first F.e.a.r. game did. Each interval got more annoying then the last, it felt like the game was forcing you to play co-op because if you didn’t then you are going to have a frustrating time with the intervals. They felt more like endurance test than levels. The co-op in the game isn’t too bad, it’s quite fun actually and even has some competitive aspect to it which is very unique. Both players can effect the outcome of the game by competing against each other in getting the highest score, by the end of the game both players scores will be calculated and the game will choose the best player and go with their ending.

F.E.A.R. is one of my favorite action/horror games and I hope they will continue the series in the future. With F.E.A.R. Online coming out soon on Steam I  felt it was time for me to finish the main series and give my opinion on the final game. F.E.A.R. 3 is no where close to being as good as the first two F.e.a.r. games. It focuses way too much on action and it is too face pace, if anyone wants to try the F.E.A.R. games then please start with the first one. It has an amazing atmosphere, fun gameplay, and good story. My personal rating of F.E.A.R. 3 will have to be a 6/10 its a fun game but as for a true F.E.A.R. game compared the others,  it didn’t meet the expectations.

EVIL Review: Slender: The Arrival

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EVIL Review on Slender: The Arrival. I know this review is poor but i’m trying to get the hang of doing video reviews.

EVIL playthrough: Slender: The Arrival PART 1

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Well its official, our youtube channel is now active! The first video is a playthrough on Slender: The Arrival.

Free your fears: F.E.A.R. online coming to Steam

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Alma is back and it is time to fear her once again. Yes, F.E.A.R. online is finally coming to Steam after it’s long ass beta test on areia games. For people who don’t know what F.E.A.R. is, it is an extremely kick ass first person horror game with the first one being released back in 2005 on XBOX 360 and Playstation 3. The series has spawned two sequels and now a free to play spin off is on its way to Steam this fall. It will be free and will feature both a co-op campaign and competitive multiplayer. I know I will be playing it the day it comes out and give a review of the game since my happy ass loves the F.E.A.R. games to death. F.E.A.R. Online has a scheduled release date for October 17.